St Govor's Well - Kensington Gardens, London, UK
N 51° 30.210 W 000° 11.067
30U E 695402 N 5709577
This well has been covered over and this round, stone memorial incorporates a drinking fountain.
Waymark Code: WMHQVZ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/06/2013
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The memorial is in the form of a cylinder made from stone
with a drinking fountain in the top. The inscription runs in a spiral around the
stone and reads:
This drinking fountain marks
the site of an ancient spring, which in 1856 was named St Govor's Well
by the First Commissioner of Works later to become Lord Llandover. Saint
Govor, a sixth century hermit, was the patron saint of a church in
Llandover which had eight wells in its churchyard.
The
Secret London
website tells us:
St Govor’s Well
Some lovely calligraphy decorates the 1976 mounting for this ancient
spring. It was named after Saint Govor, the patron saint of Llanover in
Wales - famous for its springs - by Benjamin Hall, later Lord Llanover.
Hall was London’s first Commissioner for Works - and the man after whom
‘Big Ben’ is named.